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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
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BottleDrop customers can
donate to fi refi ghting efforts
By JADE MCDOWELL
NEWS EDITOR
Photo contributed by Wildhorse Resort & Casino
The new bowling center at Wildhorse Resort & Casino, will feature 16 lanes on one side for
open and league play, and eight reservable boutique lanes on the other side for private parties
and events.
Wildhorse prepares
to open expansion
HERMISTON HERALD
Wildhorse Resort &
Casino is preparing to
open an expansion with a
bowling center, food court
and arcade. It’s expected
to be open by the end of
September.
According to a news
release, the celebration of
the yearlong construction
project’s completion will be
“lower-key” than it would
be in normal years, due to
the pandemic.
At the heart of the Wild-
horse expansion is Quak-
ing Aspens Lanes, a 24-lane
bowling center. “In the
future, competitive bowlers
may see leagues and tour-
naments in the lineup,” the
news release stated.
Owned by the Confed-
erated Tribes of the Uma-
tilla Indian Reservation,
the bowling center’s name
is inspired by Tribal his-
tory. “Nixyáawii” was what
the Cayuse named the area
where the Tribe’s winter
encampment was located.
Translated, the word refers
to the groves of quaking
aspen trees that grew around
the springs. Tthe encamp-
ment was the base for cel-
ebrations, games, root dig-
ging and horse racing.
The bowling center will
have 16 lanes on one side of
a concourse and eight “bou-
tique” lanes on the other. The
boutique lanes will be for
private parties and events,
as will the two party rooms
adjacent to those lanes.
Bowlers will be able to
order meals and snacks, and
the food court at Wildhorse
will include a second loca-
tion for Moe Phở, a down-
town Pendleton restau-
rant owned by Whitney
Minthorn and Moe Soeum
with cuisine from Thailand,
Cambodia and Vietnam.
Also opening a sec-
ond location is Brigham
Fish Market. In 2014, Kim
Brigham-Campbell opened
a full-service restaurant
in Cascade Locks selling
both fresh fi sh and prepared
meals such as fi sh and chips.
Minthorn
and
Brigham-Campbell are both
CTUIR members.
One
Wildhorse-run
restaurant will serve meals
such as pizza and burgers,
while the fourth vendor in
the food court will be an ice
cream and pastry shop.
The expansion also
includes a brand new 2,500
square foot arcade with
more than 30 high-tech
games, according to the
news release.
“The Tribe is very
pleased to see our planning
for the FunPlex move for-
ward. We are very pleased
to offer bowling as a sport-
ing activity for the entire
community,” CTUIR Board
of Trustees Chairman Kat
Brigham said in a statement.
“So many families love this
sport and we all look forward
to seeing everyone enjoy this
entertainment venue.”
Updates and information
on the grand opening can be
found at https://www.wild-
horseresort.com/family-fun-
plex/, or call 800-654-9453.
1290 Sixth St. in Umatilla,
in the original location of
Rae’s Dayz Diner. The diner
has since moved to 1226
Sixth St.
nesses so that they can “pay it
forward” to someone else in
town. Ray Diaz, a co-owner
of The Spot with his wife
McKenzie Diaz, said in a
post on The Spot’s Face-
book page that they decided
delivering free doughnuts to
the hospital was a good way
to thank health care workers
for their sacrifi ces during the
pandemic.
“Thank you guys for
helping our community
maintain good physical and
mental health during this
nationwide crisis,” he wrote
to Good Shepherd. “Your
long hours and choice to give
your very best serving this
community is appreciated!”
BottleDrop customers
can donate their can and
bottle deposits to fi refi ght-
ing efforts in Oregon.
The Oregon Beverage
Recycling
Cooperative
announced customers can
drop off their containers
and ask that the deposits on
the containers be donated,
or if they have money on
their BottleDrop card from
past deposits they can log in
to their account and donate
money from there.
Last week, OBRC, the
beverage recycling cooper-
ative that owns the Herm-
iston BottleDrop, stated
it had already donated
$40,000 to eight differ-
ent organizations that sup-
port fi refi ghting efforts and
communities around the
state. They include: Uma-
tilla Volunteer Firefi ghters
Association, Albany Fire-
fi ghters Community Assis-
tance Fund, Ashland Fire-
fi ghters Charitable Fund,
Hoodland Volunteer Fire-
fi ghters Association, Rocky
Point Fire and EMS, Salem
Fire Foundation and Sher-
idan Volunteer Firefi ghters
Association.
“Right now, we all need
to pull together and do
whatever we can to help the
HH fi le photo
Cubes of crushed cans stand on a pallet in the back of the
BottleDrop facility in Hermiston in 2018.
brave men and women out
there working around the
clock to keep us all safe,”
Jules Bailey, chief stew-
ardship offi cer and direc-
tor of external relations for
OBRC, said in a statement.
“As an organization with
a presence in communi-
ties across Oregon, OBRC
is committed to doing our
part.”
In addition to OBRC’s
donation, the cooperative
has made it easy for Orego-
nians to support the above
organizations by donating
their can and bottle deposits
to them. Customers can do
so by bringing in loose con-
tainers to any BottleDrop
Redemption Center or by
donating directly from their
BottleDrop accounts.
OBRC already had an
emergency fund set up in
response to the COVID-
19 pandemic, and donated
$25,000 to the Oregon
Food Bank in May directly,
accompanied by $75,000 in
container deposits donated
by OBRC customers.
According to the news
release,
some
OBRC
employees in Southern
Oregon have been evacu-
ated and the cooperative’s
facility in White City has
closed temporarily.
OBRC recycles more
than 1.8 billion bottles and
cans each year, accord-
ing to the news release,
through BottleDrop cen-
ters and pickups from more
than 2,500 retail locations
throughout the state.
Hermiston sends aid to wildfi re efforts
By ANTONIO SIERRA
STAFF WRITER
The smoke that has
inundated Eastern Oregon
is a daily reminder of the
massive wildfi res that are
threatening lives and prop-
erty west of the Cascade
Mountains, and Umatilla
County fi re departments
are lending fi refi ghters and
vehicles to try to contain
the blazes.
Umatilla County Fire
District Chief Scott Stan-
ton said he’s sending
resources from Hermis-
ton to the other side of the
state because fi re depart-
ments support each other
across the state.
“If we really needed
help, they would come out
here,” he said.
Stanton sent seven fi re-
fi ghters and three vehicles,
which will be split between
Clackamas County in
the Portland metro area
and Josephine County in
Southern Oregon.
In his 34 years of fi re-
fi ghting experience, Stan-
ton said he’s never seen
a fi re situation like he’s
seen across the state right
now.
Pendleton Fire Depart-
ment also sent three per-
sonnel and two vehicles to
help battle the blazes.
BRIEFS
Aspen Springs taking
clients
Aspen Springs Psychiat-
ric Hospital in Hermiston is
offi cially taking patients.
The 16-bed facility offers
in-patient, acute psychiatric
care for people in crisis and
is run by community mental
health provider Lifeways.
Lifeways held a rib-
bon-cutting ceremony for
the building with county
offi cials and health care
leaders at the end of June,
but had not been able to start
taking patients until it was
fully staffed.
For
more
informa-
tion about Aspen Springs,
visit
www.lifeways.org/
aspen-springs-psychiat-
ric-hospital.
New bakery announces
opening
Rae’s Dayz diner in Uma-
tilla is opening a bakery in
the building next door, and
the community is invited to
a ribbon-cutting celebration
on Saturday, Sept. 19 from
9-10 a.m.
Each customer in atten-
dance will receive a free
doughnut and free raffl e
ticket.
The bakery is located at
541-567-0272
2150 N. First St., Hermiston
The Spot pays
it forward with
doughnuts
The Spot, a new dough-
nut delivery service in
Hermiston, got a chance to
deliver some sweetness to
employees of Good Shep-
herd Health Care System on
Sept. 11.
The business was chosen
as part of Columbia Bank’s
Pass It On Project, which
donates money to local busi-
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